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At a moment of anger, Julie decides to flee from a mentally ill mother and from a strangling home, which leads her to the world of prostitution –filled with opportunities. There, Julie faces many confrontations, some good and some scarring. this is the fate Julie has determined for herself. >>
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On October 18, 2015, a terrorist armed with a gun and a knife entered Beersheba’s bus terminal. Within 18 minutes, Omri Levy, a soldier, was killed, and Abtum Zarhum, an Eritrean asylum seeker, was lynched after being mistaken for a terrorist. This film presents a tense, minute-by-minute, Rashomon-style account of that tragic day. It tells […] >>
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From `Short:Long` – a tribute to Israeli cinema. A Tribute to The Policeman – 1971. Albert, an aging parking inspector from Tel Aviv is retiring after many years of loyal service. Worrying about life without work, he starts peeping at his neighbor Maya and her son, fantasizing about the day they’ll all become one big […] >>
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“Relaying: Testimonies on Motherhood Lost, Meadows Museum of Art, 2014 A Four-Channel Video Installation by Israeli artist Mali De-Kalo”. Confronting the boundaries between the art world and social action, Relaying presents testimonial monologues by mothers whose children refuse to have any contact with them as a result of the breakdown of the family unit .De-Kalo’s […] >>
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Jerome, a failed farmer, finds his eldest son’s dead body in the family’s shed. He struggles to tell his wife Aliza and his young son Tomer about the tragedy but the blame and tension lead him to a violent burst. >>
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Three kids are playing in the buildings’ stairway. During the game While playing, they discover an old coat, which leads them into a world full of adventures. >>
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Mindy, A shy nerdy young girl, is trying to catch a star. While she looks at the sky, her neighbor watches her. From here on starts a competition between the two that will make the main character learn an important lesson about friendship. >>
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The film was produced in the framework of the “Souvenirs” program – a film lab for Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers in the Old City of Jerusalem. The film follows pilgrims walking the path of Jesus on his way to the crucifixion. While immersed in their religious experience, the daily reality in the old city unfolds. >>
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Two professional dancers around the age of 30, lose touch with who they are. Their childhood dreams have been fulfilled and now they are left with a sense of emptiness. The film follows their internal journey to find a new anchor that will give them their lost confidence back. >>
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Following the stories of three mafiosi-cum-businessmen, Thieves By Law paints a fascinating tableau of men that would make Tony Soprano cringe. Most intriguing, though, are their personal histories interwoven with the evolution of the Russian Mafia itself. Beginning in Stalin’s Gulags and slowly transforming into an international organization, the mafia and Code of Thieves have […] >>
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Subliminal is a proud Zionist rapper who, with fellow artist MC Tamer, a pro-Palestinian Arab, seeks co-existence in the underground Israeli rap scene. Their belief that the language of hip hop can traverse the political tensions of the region to reunite their people is soon shattered as lyrical battles begin to spill onto the streets. […] >>
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In this documentary mosaic of a continued social disintegration, seven filmmakers bring to the screen protagonists and stories that live in an abyss of despair, in the chasm between those who have and those who do not. An old man rummaging for food in bins; a father who cannot give water to his infant daughter […] >>
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Tamar, an ultra-Orthodox girl from an extremist community, is taken to the hospital by her beloved father, who thinks she has had sex. Her relationship with her father and her virginity are tested. >>
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From Moment in Isolation, Israel, 2020//Artistic Director: Noit Geva Danny (31, AKA “Sweetie”) is desperate to meet another human being after spending 14 days in quarantine. All she can see on the balconies of the buildings across the street are couples. Staring at them only underlines how difficult it is for her to be single […] >>